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Author: Bryce Edwards
TARIANA TURIA
Audrey Young (Herald): How Dame Tariana Turia influenced NZ politics (paywalled)
Virginia Fallon (Post): ‘She could scare you’: Remembering Dame Tariana Turia (paywalled)
RNZ: Obit: Dame Tariana Turia has died
1News: 'Significant legacy': Tributes paid to Dame Tariana Turia
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): 'She believed in people' - Tributes from across political parties for Dame Tariana Turia
Willie Jackson (Herald): Labour MP Willie Jackson reflects on Dame Tariana Turia and what she said to him after he rejoined Labour
Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): Whanganui region leaders remember Dame Tariana Turia’s generosity and strength
ODT Editorial: Wahine toa, Dame Tariana Turia (paywalled)
Miriama Aoake (Spinoff): A politician for the people: Dame Tariana Turia, 1944-2025
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): In Memoriam: Dame Tariana Turia (paywalled)
David Farrar: RIP Dame Tariana Turia
Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): Lady Tureiti Moxon joins chorus of tributes to Kahurangi Tariana Turia
RNZ: Hīkoi mō te Tiriti supporters invited to honour Dame Tariana Turia at tangi
Maioha Panapa (Te Ao Māori News): A hīkoi to honour the legacy of Dame Tariana Turia
Rachel Thomas (Post): Hīkoi organisers to attend Dame Tariana Turia’s tangi (paywalled)
RNZ: Tangi for Dame Tariana Turia welcomes figures from throughout the motu
Riria Dalton-Reedy and Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): Hundreds turn out to pay respects to Tariana Turia at Pākaitore
Stuff: Former minister and Te Pāti Māori founder Dame Tariana Turia has died
PARLIAMENT
Geoffrey Palmer (Newsroom): Protecting our democracy by reforming Parliament
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): The year that could make or break the coalition Government (paywalled)
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): Hunger Games in the Beehive
Noel O’Malley ODT): Is anybody taking notice of the Regulatory Standards Bill?
Mike Friend: Regulatory Standards bill
Laura Walters (Newsroom): My emotion is my strength – Karen Chhour
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Stanford braces herself for a year of cuts – and reform
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): This year saw policing get 'back to basics' - Minister Mark Mitchell
Rachel Thomas (Post): Handful of hot-button public consultation closing while Wellington sleeps (paywalled)
Louis Collins (RNZ): The House: A year in The House: Law and order, deregulation and repeal
Steve Deane (Herald): Your guide to sports viewing by political affiliation in New Zealand (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. New Year’s Resolutions
Kelly Dennett (Sunday Star Times): Labour leader Chris Hipkins’ summer off politics ... sort of (paywalled)
Brian Easton (Pundit): Quality Ministers
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): The fines for environmental offending that never get paid
Marika Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Division, abuse and rates pain: Local politics year in review
Federico Magrin (Post): It’s an election year, can political apathy be reversed? (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): What is coming down the line at Wellington City Council? (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington’s Reading Cinema complex purchased by Primeproperty Group
Tom Hunt (Post): Reading Courtenay sold, hopes for a ‘Commercial Bay’ of Wellington (paywalled)
Frances Chin (Post): Lambton Quay vehicle closure may hit Golden Mile retailers (paywalled)
David Long (Herald): How big can Auckland get? And how big is too big?
Kelly Dennett (Sunday Star Times): Auckland is getting bigger and better, but there are pitfalls (and potholes) (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Retiree cost crunch: Jump in Aucklanders putting council rates on hold
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): Auckland Council confiscating recycling bins in bid to stop people throwing rubbish in wrong place
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Buller mayor not sure about standing again
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Ashburton's dancers tiptoe around looming eviction
Deborah Morris (Post): Lower Hutt mayor’s trip to find his ancestors
HEALTH
Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): Calls for warning labels on alcohol may grow after US announcement
1News: Inside the challenges faced by rural healthcare providers
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Lack of Covid-19 leave a problem for health professionals, nurse says
Megan Wilson (Rotorua Daily Post):Health NZ Bay of Plenty, Lakes voluntary redundancies: $251,000 paid out
Sophie Barker (ODT): Dunedin hospital a lifesaver for me and my community (paywalled)
ODT: Wreath at hospital site as wait goes on
Francesca Storey and Bev Lawton (The Conversation): The elimination of cervical cancer in NZ is within reach in our lifetime – but not without funding and a plan
Felix Walton (RNZ): Diabetes doctor caught in deepfake deception
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENT
Grant Miller (ODT): Footage shows ‘true nature’ of industry: Peta (paywalled)
Lisa Fickenscher (New York Post): Matt Lauer targeted by PETA for alleged ‘abuse,’ beating of animals by sheep farmers at his $9M New Zealand hideaway in bombshell findings
Jamie Morton (Herald): Growing pains: Scientists paint troubling picture for NZ’s crucial farm pastures (paywalled)
Marty Verry (Herald): Farm emissions should not be targeted while concrete gets a pass (paywalled)
RNZ: Fruit fly incursion: Biosecurity NZ making good progress after 'destructive' insect found
RNZ: Fruit fly incursion: More than 100 new traps set up around South Auckland
RNZ: Biosecurity urges people to report Oriental fruit fly findings
Raphael Franks (Herald): Oriental fruit fly found in Auckland: Restrictions on fruit, vegetables to come into force in Papatoetoe
Shilpy Arora (Stuff): Movement of fruit and veges restricted after Auckland fruit fly discovery
RNZ: Destructive fruit fly found in South Auckland surveillance trap
EDUCATION
Kate MacNamara (Herald): The price and politics of $3 school lunches — and how they compare with hospital and prison fare (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): The Wāhine Māori leading NZ’s largest education union
David Farrar: Government moves to strengthen free speech on campus
ECONOMY
David Chaston (Interest): We look at some basic building blocks of our interest rate settings, the foundation on which the 2025 changes will play out
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Means testing national super is inevitable (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): How tax rules discourage foreign investor migrants to NZ
Ross Stitt (Interest): Australia in 2025 – and why it matters for New Zealand
Michael Sherrock (Post): Analysis: the economy is still a game of two halves (paywalled)
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
David Farrier: Billionaire Nick Mowbray Shows Support for Far-right Figurehead Tommy Robinson
Alan McDonald (Herald): Have 90-day employment trials been worth it? (paywalled)
Imogen Wells (Stuff): ‘Quietly confident’: Wellington’s job market tipped to pick up after ‘tough’ year
RNZ: Boxing Day sales boomed after flat first half of December - retailers
HOUSING
Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): LGBTIQ+ renters putting up with 'uninhabitable' housing - researcher
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How much house prices dropped in 2024
Kelvin Davidson (Herald): House price falls: The cities starting 2025 in the red
Toni McDonald (ODT): Plan to house workers falls through
GREYHOUND RACING
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Who punched who? Assault at greyhound racetrack caught on video
Allen Bryce (ODT): They are not off, or racing, this time
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